Well we just produced our own festival last week with the full help and support of the Espy. Now its time to rock someone elses. So chuffed about this one. Scatterblog Soundsytem has just been asked to headline the dj’s on the sat night at pretty much our favourite music festival in the country. For those of you not familiar Golden Planes is the little bro to Meredith Music Fest. Both share the same venue and orginisational team, and both are always at the forefront of music culture. I did the same set in ‘07 for MMF and had pretty much the time of my life cant wait to share the stage this time with my boys. Im not sure what the deal is with tix for this one but it sells out every year to the point where u need to get on a ballot the year before. Check this years line-up here.

We will be rocking a crazy show with all 5 of the Scatterblog acts (Slap & Dash, Scattermish, Mu-Gen, Mat Cant & Lewis Cancut) playing together for 3 hrs. We have many a surprise up our sleeves including props, dancers, sets and all sorts of bat shit crazy stuff………….. Can u say EPIC!!!!!

I was going through some pics on my computer today and found the stage plot we sent through to the festival. Its piss funny, it looks like my 8yo niece drew it or som’n, spelling mistakes and all, but you can blame me for that one. As you can see we will be pumping some heavy duty sonic sound with all that gear on the night.

Just thought I would share the pic along with a cheeky edit of the new Hollertronix Party Squad “Pull Up” (buy here) I did a few months back. Not much done to the original except some more hype added and a few cut ups in the second drop. Plus I also attached the Shaun D “Mad Drums” joint on the tail of it for shows, you know, so i can bump straight into another blend.. It was made in like an hour so no hating on the lameness aight!

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PARTYSQUAD / Pull Up (Mu-Gen Edit)

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The other two international guests to be featured tomorrow at Scatterfest are NASA and Mowgli – 1 has featured at an Scatterblog party earlier in the year, and the other has been a Scatterblog favourite since close to when we started out.

NASA’s debut album “The Spirit Of Apollo” got all kindsa heads turning (i think they were also most talked about act of 2009 on hypem?), featuring a whole range of big name vocalists. Their live show is filled with cut up and remashed music and visuals, some space costumes and accessories and a whole lotta hype – producing a huge individualistic and exciting show.

Mowgli on the other hand has been some1 who’s music Scatterblog has been in love with since way back when. His style has been ever evolving and he now really leads the market with his label Deadfish and their midget house sound.

Both of their shows will be explosive for totally different reasons. TONITE YO!

So there’s a last minute double double ticket giveaway! So i’ll make em easy.
For one double pass, just answer what Mowgli’s alias is.
For another, name 6 people that featured on NASA’s Spirit Of Apollo album.
Only one double pass per person.
Send answers to scatterfest@gmail.com
First in best dressed…

As for the tunes, check this super dutch remix of NASA’s Whatchadoin by Alvaro…

NASA Feat. MIA, Santogold, Spank Rock, Nick Zinner – Whatchadoin (Alvaro Remix)

As you should all know by now Scatterfest isn’t too far away so expect a lot of posts highlighting some of the artists that appear on the line up. After Lewis great post on Shit Robot, I’ve put together a bit of background information on James Amato.

James Amato is one of the most widely recognised names in the electronic music scene, and also one of the busiest. Not just a DJ, James divides his time promoting club nights and since 2007, has been running his fidget/electro/tech-house record label ‘Potty Mouth Records’ which is one of the hottest labels in the music scene today.

1990 saw James launch his music career in Milwaukee and as he worked his way through the local and Midwest rave scene, his profile grew. In 2004 James became Milwaukee’s Mantra Lounge’s co-owner/director of music and bookings – which opened the doors for him to launch the successful club night ‘Kamasutra’. The night continued to grow during the 3-years stint, giving the club national attention with publications in URB magazine and a front-page cover story in ‘Nightclub/Bar Magazine.’

Basing himself in Chicago in 2006, James became the new director of Music and Bookings for ‘Smart Bar’, a venue with 25 years of showcasing electronic talent under its belt. Juggling the roles of both promoter and booker, he was responsible of bringing Chicago some of the hottest acts in the electronic music scene to date. These included Switch, Alan Braxe, Digitalism, Crookers, Erol Alkan and Claude Vonstroke .

In 2007, James received critical fanfare in Chicago when he was named part of New City Magazine’s “45 Most Influential People That Rock Chicago.” In addition to this he was named one of the next “10 Exciting Up-And-Comers” in the electronic music world in 2008.

James’ rising profile in the underground electronic scene led to the creation of two successful digital/vinyl labels including the well-known Potty Mouth Music which has now established itself as a label which has supported the electro, house, techno and crunk genres. The label has released over 30 EP’s and has showcased big-name talent including: Santiago & Bushido, Crookers, HiJack and the Mightyfools.

In October 2009 James relocated to Los Angeles where he continues to balance his career as a promoter, label-owner, DJ and producer.

As an extra here is a link to a current phone interview James did on potty mouth music
JAMES AMATO INTERVIEW

I can’t write this post without some music so here is James’s Latest Mixtape featuring a lot of Potty Mouth Releases. This will give you a great idea of what you will witness in a James Amato DJ Set.

James Amato – Left Coast Bass (Mediafire)

Find the Complete Tracklist in the Comments Section

****SCATTERFEST TICKET GIVEAWAY****

The first person that can tell me the name of the track James Amato & Nate Bowen released on Large Music in 2008 wins a FREE double pass to Scatterfest!

Email all answers to scatterfest@gmail.com and the winner will be notified by email

Shit Robot is like one of those ever elusive characters in dance music but maybe thats just due to a lack of online content, hard to tell sometimes you know. The history I remember hearing is that Marcus Lambkin (SR) originally worked in punk circles until James Murphy lent him a bunch of old drum machines and let him figure it out. While that’s probably fiction, it would explain the raw dancefloor sound sounds he’s become associated with over the years (rockers make notoriously great dj’s such as Edu-K and Dave Nada). It’d probably be more accurate for me to just say Marcus met James while running club nights in New York and well, the rest is DFA history. ‘Wrong Galaxy‘, his first record going back a few years, blew minds with it’s mix of rough drums and loud arpeggiated synths but it was this remix of Kaos‘s Panopeeps that first put him on my radar (buy). If I had a nightclub based on a disused space station drifting through distant galaxies that’d be my soundtrack. Here’s a little something else he sent through for us to anticipation up his upcoming Scatterfest appearance. It’s his burning remix of ‘No Time’ by Juan Maclean, get it while it’s hot.

Juan Maclean – No Time (Shit Robot remix) (ysi)

Shit Robot and others play at Scatterfest with full Scatterblog support, Saturday 30th of January here in Melbourne at the Esplanade Hotel. Tickets are just 20+bf and are available Espy online, from the Espy Bottle shop, Polyester Records, Missing Link and Northside Records.

Just before the end of the year I put this mix together as a farewell to 2009, before the thing got posted though I ended up disapearing into the tropical depths of Australia’s north-east for a much needed break (This photo is actually taken about 5 minutes away from where I was staying by dj Ms Butt). Anyway though about the mix, I guess it was a summery of the sound I have DJing over the last few months, perhaps with a slight nod of where things might go in 2010. Everyone seems to once again be getting a little too comfortable, maybe meaning the whole scene is going to soon flip again.

Lewis CanCut – Summer Mix 2010.

• 1   -  Basti Crub – El Latino.
• 2   -  Mike Dunn – Magic Feet.
• 3   -  Dj Malvado – Puto Mekie.
• 4   -  Pharoah Zap – Loony Party Wine.
• 5   -  Edu K – Jumpin n Pumpin (Wildlife remix).
• 6   -  Nick & Danny Chatelain – Katrinyla (Buff Buff remix).
• 7   -  Dj Manuel Palafox – Canto Africano.
• 8   -  Dj Mouse – La kuinna.
• 9   -  Eric Rincon – Dime lo qe Bailas (Tribal Monterrey).
• 10 -  Dj Mouse – Cyrus.
• 11 -  Sonora – Del Oro.
• 12 -  Gregor Salto vs Seductive – Underground Mexer.
• 13 -  Bounty Killer – Stand Firm (Mat Cant took the night edit).
• 14 -  Party Squad – Pull Up.
• 15 -  Ronny Santana – En La Nagla (on the ass) feat Jordy.
• 16 -  Dj Znobia – Patchy Luanda.
• 17 -  Mat Cant & Scattermish – Hornbo (Lewis CanCut remix).
• 18 -  Daniel Haaksman – Kid Conga.
• 19 -  Lazy Jay vs Bonde Do Role – Gasoline Tomahawk.

These bits of heat from Club Cheval, hailing outta France are a couple of months old, but so dope that they really can’t just sit on my computer (and be thrashed in my sets) and not be posted.
There’s definitely something good going on with Cheval, because their core artists Canblaster, Myd, Bison and Sam Tiba are producing some fine bits of heat. Their tunes have the rawness of some ghetto arse hip hop, a whole lotta energy that’s often featured in French music, plenty of that new worldly club vibe, and hype, chopped and looped hip hop vocals all over the place.

Tune one is fucken raw, live and hectic. Sam Tiba went to town with a real mosh-pit bassline, badman vox and bouncey drums. The tune is real heavy, but still real fucken fun and not over the top. More Tiba riddims soon!

Sam Tiba – Barbie Weed
* Track removed, to be released on that dope label Top Billin Records.

Tune two has become a feature in our new Slap & Dash set cause it’s totally hype and has just enuf space to fit over everything. Mixing this track with any other number = instant party. Canblaster (part of What Planet Is This?) teamed up with relative newcomer Berou for this jem, and from what i hear there’ll be a few more bits of greatness coming from them real soon!

Berou and Canblaster – Kapongo Dance
*Bonus:
King Cannibal – Virgo (Canblaster Dub remix)

Tune three is a remix of Myd (part of Sexual Earthquake In Kobe) from Scatterblog-best-buds Femme En Fourrure. The remix is deep and dirty and totally Fourrure. Myd had the original featured on that Saga Africa EP (with Douster’s awesome “King of Africa”). Grab the whole remix pack over at Juno and look out for a lot more Myd heat coming out real soon!

Myd – Train to Bamako (Femme en Fourrure Remix)

Be sure to keep an eye on this crew, and for now and future buy Club Cheval stuff over at Juno Download.

Bit of awesome right here from Rubix, a super talented producer from The Netherlands. He can do a bunch of styles really well (look out for some disco heat and an electro banger in the near future), but this cut up disco house sound that i just can’t get enuf of at the moment. I’m getting close to being able to play a mini set of the stuff (if anyone has some suggestions on songs, please please please post in the comments).

Check out the rad video, and you can buy this release over at beatport.

This is a mega old edit/mash i did (like back in mid 2007, woah!). Anyway, someone called lee posted a comment on the original post, asking if i could re-upload the track and i was all like “shiiit, i forgot about this thang”. Re-listened to it, and it’s actually really relevant to today’s sound- so here’s a dedicated post with it again. I finally found out who The Yank is too. Edit also features Spank Rock x Amanda Blank.
Be sure to check out The Yank on beatport for the original of this tune (also peep his remix of “Inside The Speaker”, rad!)

God damnit time flies, 2010 bitches!

Gutterpunk, Spank Rock, Amanda Blank – Up 2 11 (The Yank Remix – Scattermish Bump Punk Edit)

Oh and a bonus, this video:: (at first your like “woah- so many samples in here!” Then the dude just cuts sick)

SCM-003 sees Scattermusic team up with the one, the only, the legend, Edu K. It’s a fun-fuelled trip through varied styles of dope club music and is one that holds close to our heart. Edu was of course our guest DJ at the first official Scatterblog Presents… party back in feb this year, which saw us put together our first release package, and was essentially the start of great things to come.
We feel like we’ve been blood-brothers with Edu ever since, so we’re obviously super excited to put out this release by him. We’ve managed to get together a whopping 7 remixes, making the EP feel more like an album.
(Forgot to mention that this ep is getting played by a heap of great djs, and soon to appear in some mag write ups by some special peeps – and Mom & Dad’s remix was charted #1 by Brodinski in his December chart.)

Edu K has been a master of dance music for years. From his forward thinking Baile Funk to his Rave Zombie Electro and now his worldy, percussion inspired tech house, Edu K has always managed to shock and inspire his audience with his take on music.

His first release with Scattermusic is a 2 track EP, packed to the brim with remixes. The EP includes the tracks “Ja, Mann!”; a cheeky, worldly minimal track filled with energy and plenty of drum rolls and “Jumpin n Pumpin”; a crazy, horn-fuelled number that doesn’t know when to quit.

Remixes of “Ja. Mann!” come courtesy of Mom & Dad with a totally club, stomper that’s all-to-relevant and Slap & Dash with a relentless, Hip Hop influenced dance track, filled with big synths and marching drums. Remixes of “Jumpin n Pumpin” see Dubbel Dutch take us to a dirty rave, flipping the tune over and over; Lewis CanCut get on a new age, hyped up Hip Hop/Dancehall/Baile Funk vibe, with 2 versions, slotting original vocals over the top from Dizzy Dee and Mars E Pan; WILDLIFE! who has given the track an almost Caribbean UK Funky vibe and Femme En Fourrure who have flipped the tune into a deep and dark minimal number to lose yourself to.

SCM-003 – Edu K – Ja, Mann!

1. Edu K – Ja, Mann!
2. Edu K – Ja, Mann! (Mom & Dad Remix)
3. Edu K – Ja, Mann! (Slap & Dash Remix)
4. Edu K – Jumpin n Pumpin
5. Edu K – Jumpin n Pumpin (Dubbel Dutch Remix)
6. Edu K – Jumpin n Pumpin (Lewis CanCut Remix feat. Dizzy Dee)
7. Edu K – Jumpin n Pumpin (Lewis CanCut Remix feat. Mars E Pan)
8. Edu K – Jumpin n Pumpin (WILDLIFE! Remix)
9. Edu K – Jumpin n Pumpin (Femme En Fourrure Remix)

Download full release pack as .mp3
Download full release pack as .wav

If you feel like giving us some monetary support, you can grab this release from almost all major online mp3 stores, including iTunes (only $6.99 USD), Juno Download and Turntable Lab.

This release falls under the Creative Commons Licence – Attribution-Noncommercial-Share Alike 3.0 Unported.

So all hell is bout to break loose at any moment now with the third release from us here at Scattermusic. A whole bunch of love, favours and dodgy handshakes have made this one come together. Edu K is a much loved artist here, and we are more than privileged to release the music of someone we respect and think is at the pointy end of his scene. So before the bomb drops on what we think is a crazy well rounded release, here is a little tid bit to get stuck into;

As Slap & Dash Scatters and I went to town on this remix. We messed around loads with the song, and along the way it morphed through all kinds of sonic mixtures before becoming what it is on the final release. This version was thrown out along the way and didnt quite make the cut. Its is a dub drum-heavy joint with a real raw party feel. Taking more of the focus towards rythm and drum rather than a synth hook line. These two remix’s are very different from each other but we kinda love em both.

EDU K – Ja’ Mann (Slap & Dash Drum Dub)

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P.s. Santa is coming a day earlier than I sated in comments of previous post…. So….Its dropping today!

In relation to the space-blog-time continum I came across this record thirty billion years ago (re: about 12 months) but i’m yet to know who the artist even is. It’s been a curiosity thing I guess and the basis for many nerd discussions speculating on possible origins (ps: nerds, Scatterblog has your shit I swear). Listen to it and first thing you’ll say is “well damn, thats a poor mp3″. Maybe so but honestly I ripped this 320 straight from the record. Listen closer and it’s actually like these guys are rapping over a low quality file and then recording into a mini disc or something. Beats me. Anyway isn’t the point of a blog to provide information, not ask for it? What the hell’s happening to the world?

Unknown – Unknown. (ysi).

Shiiiiit, just HAD to repost this. Big up to Mad Decent and Discobelle for the heads up. Frikstailers (who’s track “Cumbia Kamisama” is a regular feature in Scatterblog sets) have gone to town on this remix. Video is so so so awesome, by Flamboyant Paradise.

On the side note of Discobelle’s awesomeness, you can grab an EXCLUSIVE promo of the Femme En Fourrure remix of Edu K’s “Jumpin n’ Pumpin” (which comes out like tomorrow!!). GRAB IT HERE.

Major Lazer – Hold The Line (Frikstailers Remix)

So i’m sitting up in bed making some cds to take into work, going thru my folders, and sitting in some random folder i find this little gem! Which means it’s been sitting on my computer for months, getting no play out and my life has been subsequently been suffering.

The tune is an edit of a classic, by Papa Stevesie aka Steve Lind aka one half of The Hump Day Project. It should be toast for your dancefloor – got a party flavour and plenty of horn stabs, a driving tom loop that fits in with the current club sound and just enuf cheese from you-know-who… BOOM.

Blame It On The Boogie (Steve Lind Bootleg)

Introducing Zombies For Money. I wanna start this up by saying this is the first release in months that has completely made me do the big double take. If you’re wondering who the hell they are? Well then my answer would be: two crazy rad dudes (DJ Manaia & Klipar) from Portugal who are gonna blow the hell up in 2010.

This EP is so stupid tight! The duo seem to have found influence from kuduro, dutch synth, afro-house and all sorts of worldly goodness. They have managed to utilise all of these influences and make one amazingly tight and original sounding piece of work. The arrangements are a-grade, drums heavy, synths funky, hooks hooky and pretty much everything else i concentrate on when producing is covered. It’s one of those “i so wish i made this album” moments. My pick out of this bunch would have to be “Bhangra Dance”. No more needs to be said really.

They boys have be most nice and offered the whole Ep up for free so check out the sound of next year below:

Zombies For Money EP 1

1. Zombies For Money – Sacanagem

2. Zombies For Money – Bhangra Dance

3. Zombies For Money – Numbra One

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